Web-based report, released today, marks the seventh time that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have jointly produced official federal cancer incidence statistics for each state having high-quality cancer data. The report is produced in collaboration with the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.
This year's report features information on more than one million cases of cancer diagnosed in 2005 among residents of 48 states, 6 metropolitan areas, and the District of Columbia—geographic areas in which about 96% of the U.S. population reside. Incidence data are from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Data from population-based central cancer registries in these states and metropolitan areas meet the criteria for inclusion in this report.
The report also provides cancer mortality data collected and processed by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. Mortality statistics, based on records of deaths that occurred during 2005, are available for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Note: The numbers in parentheses are the age-adjusted (U.S. standard) rates per 100,000 people.
Cancer Among Men The three most common cancers among men include:
Prostate cancer (142.4): First among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.
Lung cancer (84.6): Second among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.
Colorectal cancer (58.2): Third among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.
The leading causes of cancer death among men are:
Lung cancer (69.4): First among men of all racial and Hispanic origin populations.
Prostate cancer (25.4): Second among white (22.7), black (54.1), American Indian/Alaska Native (18.0), and Hispanic (18.7) men.
Liver cancer: Second among Asian/Pacific Islander men (14.5).
Colorectal cancer (21.0): Third among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.
Cancer Among Women
The three most common cancers among women include:
Breast cancer (117.7): First among women of all races and Hispanic origin populations.
Lung cancer (55.2): Second among white (56.6), black (50.9), and American Indian/Alaska Native (37.6) women, and third among Asian/Pacific Islander (26.9) and Hispanic (25.2) women.
Colorectal cancer (41.9): Second among Asian/Pacific Islander (32.2) and Hispanic (33.9) women, and third among white (40.8), black (49.4), and American Indian/Alaska Native women (24.5).
The leading causes of cancer death among women are:
Lung cancer (40.6): First among white (41.6), black (40.2), Asian/Pacific Islander (18.2), and American Indian/Alaska Native (29.2) women, and second among Hispanic women (14.4).
Breast cancer (24.0): First among Hispanic women (15.1), and second among white (23.3), black (32.9), Asian/Pacific Islander (12.3), and American Indian/Alaska Native (15.3) women.
Colorectal cancer (14.6): Third among women of all races and Hispanic origin populations.
Racial or Ethnic Variations
Among four races and Hispanic origin, for all cancers combined:
American Indian/Alaska Native men have the lowest incidence rates of cancer; however, Asian/Pacific Islander men have the lowest death rates from cancer.
White women have the highest incidence rates of cancer; however, black women have the highest death rates from cancer.
American Indian/Alaska Native women have the lowest incidence rates of cancer and the third-highest cancer death rates.
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